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Hundreds of S.African miners remain underground in union dispute
Management at the Gold One mine near Johannesburg and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), one of the two unions involved, said the miners were being "held hostage".
A union leader of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) addresses mineworkers gathering outside the entrance to the Gold One Modder East operation mineshaft. (Photo by MARCO LON
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision
More than 500 miners in South Africa have remained underground for over 36 hours in a standoff between rival labour unions, police and workers' representatives said on Tuesday.
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